DS Forums

 
 

Kenneth Branagh's Wallander


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 23-07-2012, 17:41
LondonKiwi
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: London
Posts: 422
Does anyone else find it odd the way they all speak in this series. Its like that all speak in "sotto voce" all the time. Does no one talk normally in Sweden?

Last edited by LondonKiwi : 23-07-2012 at 17:41. Reason: typo
LondonKiwi is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 23-07-2012, 18:59
lady_xanax
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 4,042
It was a bit of an odd speech she made to him, though, about how he didn't need to keep visiting her, basically saying "get lost". Maybe he does have a thing for her and she was brushing him off.
That was my thought as well. Deffo sounded like a brush-off. Also, when he leaves he has to tack on the whole "hope your husband and kids are well", just to show that he wasn't sniffing.
lady_xanax is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-07-2012, 21:15
ellie1167
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 766
I thought it was just guilt with Ann-Brit, as it was his fault really that she got injured.

It was a bit of an odd speech she made to him, though, about how he didn't need to keep visiting her, basically saying "get lost". Maybe he does have a thing for her and she was brushing him off.
Surely it was that Kurt was feeling guilty since he knew he was the reason that she was in that situation (by breaking into the yard). And more to the point, that she knew it too and didn't want him coming visiting purely for reasons of guilt...and wasn't going to let him assuage his guilty conscience by visiting either.
ellie1167 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-05-2016, 00:06
Verence
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Kessingland, Suffolk
Posts: 85,565
Apparently the 4th and final series of Kenny B Wallander starts on May 22nd at 9pm
Verence is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Old 22-05-2016, 20:49
anyonefortennis
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: 🇬🇧
Posts: 60,766
Hope this series is better than the last which was dire.

He looks well. He's lost a lot of weight.
anyonefortennis is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 22-05-2016, 22:03
solare
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 6,040
I like Kenny B's Wallander, but this particular story is not captivating me at all.
solare is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 22-05-2016, 22:06
anyonefortennis
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: 🇬🇧
Posts: 60,766
I like Kenny B's Wallander, but this particular story is not captivating me at all.
Me neither. It's quite boring and preachy. Lot's of long pauses of people contemplating their navels.
anyonefortennis is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 22-05-2016, 22:29
victor mel
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Kent
Posts: 2,854
Prefer the Swedish Wallander.
victor mel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 22-05-2016, 22:30
anyonefortennis
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: 🇬🇧
Posts: 60,766
😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴
anyonefortennis is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 22-05-2016, 22:44
Kim P
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 458
Wont be getting that 90 mins of my life back.
Kim P is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 22-05-2016, 23:07
davie1924
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,615
My God, that was hard going....
davie1924 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 22-05-2016, 23:12
RichmondBlue
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Richmond, Surrey.
Posts: 13,814
I just lost interest. Weak supporting cast, everyone appeared to be as bored as I was and just going through the motions. Never thought I'd say it, but I preferred Hinterland.
RichmondBlue is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 22-05-2016, 23:12
Groundhogal
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 5,736
That's a relief. Not just me then?
Groundhogal is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 22-05-2016, 23:28
Doghouse Riley
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: North-West England
Posts: 25,849
I just lost interest. Weak supporting cast, everyone appeared to be as bored as I was and just going through the motions. Never thought I'd say it, but I preferred Hinterland.
Hinterland was slow, but this was even slower.
Doghouse Riley is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 22-05-2016, 23:32
catsitter
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,237
I noticed the BBC announcer introduced it as the new "season" instead of "series". 3 episodes does not make a season, surely?
catsitter is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 22-05-2016, 23:39
Scotlass
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 388
Did not like this at all. Difficult to make out some of the dialogue. Found it hard to follow the storyline. Will give the future episodes a miss.
Scotlass is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-05-2016, 02:32
diablo
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Fylde Coast
Posts: 8,103
According to someone I know this story was the author's favourite.
Well maybe the book was good and the Swedish TV version good (not seen it) but this TV version is just too tedious.
diablo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-05-2016, 05:35
David Waine
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: UK
Posts: 2,270
Why does this UK-made version insist on pronouncing the lead character's name as WOllander, when it should be (and is in the original Swedish version) vallANder?
David Waine is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 23-05-2016, 08:32
Straker
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 37,020
Because the BBC thinks of the viewing public as too stupid to get their heads around a pronunciation that differs from the spelling. For a while they even toyed with the idea of putting "Police" on the vehicles because they were unsure that "Polis" would be understood by those watching. Again, W1A is a documentary....

It'll be over and done for good soon. Should never have been made in the first place.
Straker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-05-2016, 08:37
chestfield
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Now fully retired
Posts: 3,055
I lost the plot when KB went unaccompanied into the township, then into the bar, and then started sniffing around.

As if...

I KNOW we need plot devices to move it along, and we all realise that a certain amount of artistic licence is needed, but that was just too implausible for me.

At least next week, he's back in Ystad, so will give that one a try
chestfield is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-05-2016, 09:05
HHGTTG
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: South London
Posts: 5,109
One word now for my opinion of series I've never seen before and this word applies to the plot and the acting, particularly by KB.

"Pathetic"
HHGTTG is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-05-2016, 09:24
anyonefortennis
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: 🇬🇧
Posts: 60,766
One word now for my opinion of series I've never seen before and this word applies to the plot and the acting, particularly by KB.

"Pathetic"
I have never seen the Swedish version. Is the Swedish Wallander always so wet like Branagh? How the hell did he get a job on the police force.
anyonefortennis is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 23-05-2016, 10:05
SATM
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 144
I have never seen the Swedish version. Is the Swedish Wallander always so wet like Branagh? How the hell did he get a job on the police force.
BBC 4 has shown both the series, with Rolf Lassgard as Kurt, which was based on Henning Mankel's books, and the series starring Krister Henriksson which, apart from the first episode, was based on plot ideas by Henning Mankel.

The White Lioness with Rolf Lassgard was only partly based in South Africa and centred around an assassination plot in, if memory serves me correctly, Oslo.

Neither of the Swedish Wallanders were 'wet'.
SATM is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-05-2016, 11:27
lorry
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 2,461
Seems I'm alone in saying I quite enjoyed this first episode. I think KB is brilliant in the role and I thought the SA township settings were very evocative, having visited Soweto myself in the 90s it was interesting to see how things have changed since then - or not, shockingly.

I liked the subtle touches that reminded me of Wallander's fragile mental health - like his feeling "isolated in a crowd" scene during the conference break. I know how that feels and I thought it was portrayed really well. Also his obvious pleasure at being included in the family party, where he felt most comfortable. All subtle but telling and makes the character 3-dimensional. Great stuff, for me at least.
lorry is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-05-2016, 12:08
tealady
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: colchester
Posts: 15,350
A bit dull.
Not sure of some of the plot lines (although I may have been bored).
How did he find the operative's car and was it the only car in SA with dust on the hubs?
What was there to connect the politician to the attempted killing?
tealady is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 11:09.